Business Drivers behind Mobile Learning

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Business Drivers behind Mobile Learning

• Dr. András Gábor

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Mobile Learning

• Technology (platforms)
• Smartphone
• PDA
• Notebook
• Methodology
• Infrastructure
• Domain
• Economic rationale
• Contact hours
• Credit

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Convergence of Technologies

• WiF I
• WiMAX
• UMTS

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Why Mobile Learning?

• Scope Higher Education, regular teaching
  environment
• Blended learning
• F2F education
• e-Learning
• syncrhonous
• asynchronous
• Organisational approach
• matrix organisation
• program management
• organisational containers

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Assumptions

• Normative financing
• number of active students
• normative cost per capita per type of education
• 60 credits / students/ year
• Courses
• Number and composition of instructors
• wage
• working time devoted to teaching
• Number of desired contact hours
• Credit associated with the course
• Infrastructure cost
• OH

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Balance equation
Balance requirement cost of credit revenue
on credit cost of credit instructors
wage / working hours contact
hours revenue on credit students
normative reimbursement / total
credit/year/student
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Balance equation
Balance requirement cost of credit revenue
on credit cost of credit instructorswage
/working hourscontact hours revenue on
credit studentsnormative
reimbursement/total credit/year/student
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Balance equation
Remark Seminars means uses more resources
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Balance equation
Remark Less student means loss, more student
makes profit
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Balance equationResource based financing
Remark Wages are the same, the available working
time is smaller
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Balance equationmLearning means making profit?
Remark The difference comes from e(m)-Learning.
Also infrastructure cost can be saved
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Balance equationStrategic options
Remark Cross financing
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Balance equationStrategic options
P/L per organisational container (department,
unit, institute, group, etc.)
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Thank you for the attention
Dr. András Gáborandras.gabor_at_uni-corvinus.hu